mandragoras
See also: mandrágoras
English
Noun
mandragoras
- plural of mandragora
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μανδραγόρας (mandragóras), probably from a non-Indo-European Pre-Greek/substrate. Or, possibly from Old Persian *merdum gija (, “plant of humans”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /manˈdra.ɡo.raːs/
Noun
mandragorās m (genitive mandragorae); first declension
- mandrake
Inflection
First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | mandragorās | mandragorae |
| Genitive | mandragorae | mandragorārum |
| Dative | mandragorae | mandragorīs |
| Accusative | mandragorān | mandragorās |
| Ablative | mandragorā | mandragorīs |
| Vocative | mandragorā | mandragorae |
References
- mandragoras in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- mandragoras in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill
Old Spanish
Noun
mandragoras f pl
- plural of mandragora